Zwitterions sound likes a distant cousin of Twitter (X), but in fact they are a common macromolecule found in human cells.

High-performance coatings for medical device facility floors, walls and ceilings can help manufacturers keep operations running efficiently.

A UW-Whitewater associate professor of chemistry has won Universities of Wisconsin funding for his research on biomedical coatings that can be applied to things like metal implants in ...

According to the firm, it applies to widely used metals like nickel and titanium, as well as specialty minerals and coatings for batteries ... nano/micron powder synthesis, and plasma spray deposition ...

Greg Leyh likes to screw around with voltage and electric fields and plasma. In his time he's built some of the world's biggest Tesla coils, huge towering transformers that throw off terrifying webs ...

Parylene C is well-known as an encapsulation material for medical implants ... as an adhesion promoter after an O 2-plasma pretreatment (300 W, 5 min). The pressure during deposition was 2.0–4.0 Pa. A ...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has expanded its approval of a ketamine-derived nasal spray, Spravato (esketamine), as a standalone therapy for adults with treatment-resistant depression.

The Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST), often referred to as China’s 'artificial sun,' successfully sustained plasma for a record 1,000 seconds, or over 17 minutes. This ...

What just happened? China's Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST), nicknamed the artificial sun, has shattered its own world record for plasma confinement. On Monday, EAST ...

A scientific team looks at the progress and challenges in the research and development of brain implants. New achievements in the field of this technology are seen as a source of hope for many ...

As neural implants have an effect not only on a physical but also on a psychological level, researchers are calling for particular ethical and scientific care when conducting clinical trials.